May Stamp Release + Challenge #6 @Peekaboo!

Hello and good afternoon dear friends!

It's the 1st of May and time to check out the new release over at Peek-a-boo Designs (PABD)!

To go to the PABD blog, click : Here

My project features stamps from the awesome Solid Shapes set, stamped in pastel colors.

Here's a picture of the set :

I absolutely love this set! ^__^

So many possibilities... background building, bokeh technique, geometric design etc!

In my project, I created a faux-distressed look using this set.

How'd I do it?

Simple, I had some locally purchased non-branded ink cubes and their ink was kinda watery.

So, I squished the stamps onto the ink pads and stamped them onto the cardstock. (Do note that to achieve this effect, the ink pads need to be really juicy.)

The theme this month is to create a project using any 3 elements out of a project created by the DT member.

The elements that make up my project (apart from the stamped images) are : Brads, Sequins, Die-cut (the sentiment is a Die-cut), Glitter, Washi Tape, Paper Tape and Pastel Colors.

So, if you pick my project as inspiration, you will need to use 3 or more elements out of the elements that I used.

Fairly simple and interesting challenge, what say? 

What are you waiting for? Grab those stamps, pick a project as inspiration and get going!

To participate, click : Here 

One close up image to share before I take your leave : 

Have a lovely Sunday and thank you for stopping by! *Hugs*

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Same same, but different

Hello hello! ^__^

So, a couple of days ago, just another evening... me making this card...

I did need one more card for a friend and this design would be too blingy for him (because this was designed for a girl)....

That got me thinking.... what if I whip up a slightly toned down version of this card using the same craft supplies in a different color scheme?

Hmmm.... 

Yep, I did it! :D

A minimalist look on this one with a  warm color palette and finished off with just a touch of gold sequins.

The process of making these is the exact same, only difference being : the first one has been matted and jazzed up a little more with the shimmery card base and the sequins + pearls.
Whereas the second card, as you can see, is a lot more simpler.

Steps :

This card uses 1 of each of the following elements :

1 Stencil (Flourish by Tim Holtz)
1 Die-cut (Forest Branch by Marianne Creatables)
1 Stamp (Happy Birthday by So Suzy Stamps)

1. First, I stenciled the design.

2. After that applied colors to the die-cut using a blending tool with distress inks.

3. Added a coat of crackle accents to the die-cut and adhered it to cardstock.

4. Stamped sentiment with Archival ink.

5. Lastly finished it off with some sequins.

For the fancier version : (Up to step 5 exactly same)

6. Added pearls along with the sequins and glitter to select leaves of the die-cut.

7. Trimmed, rounded one corner and matted onto purple cardstock. (Rounded the corner of purple cardstock too.)

8. Finally matted it onto silver embossed cardstock. (From my stash.)

And there you have it folks, two projects with same supplies and different color combos!

Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely evening!

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A winter ATC

Hello and good evening!

Here's a winter themed ATC that I recently made.

It does not snow where I live but boy oh boy, winter sure is pretty in some parts of the world! ^__^

This is just my humble attempt of winter portrayal.

Steps :

1. Smooshed salty ocean and mowed lawn distress inks onto paper and let it dry.

2. Once it dried, I took the Hypnotic stencil by Penny Black and stenciled the design using salty ocean distress ink.

3. After that, I took a die-cut consisting of a ring of snowflakes, applied crackle accents to it (for that crackle / frost look), let it dry, cut it up and randomly adhered to project.

4. Stamped sentiment (Winter's Butterfly stamp by So Suzy Stamps) and butterfly (Wplus9).

5. Lastly, added some white sequins + colorful rhinestones and matted onto black cardstock.

And that's how I did it!

Hope you enjoyed reading it! Have a lovely evening dear friends! *Hugs*

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Swimming by, saying hi!

Here's a hello card I made for a new friend. :)

Kept it simple and let the beautiful sea horse stamp shine through.

The seahorse stamp is... of course! By my favorite rubber stamp company, So Suzy Stamps.

He also has a name! He goes by the name Polo - The Seahorse! How cool is that!

Okay okay... enough about me going gaga over the cuteness, here are the steps :

1. Stamped Polo and masked him.

2. Stenciled around him using Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers distress inks with Tim Holtz Flourish stencil.

3. Stamped sentiment using archival ink with a Wplus9 sentiment stamp set. (From the strictly sentiments series)

4. Colored Polo with Staedtler Luna color pencils and Sakura gelly roll pens.
Added glossy accents to his belly + fin and sprinkled some glitter over it to give him a little bit of sparkle!

5. Tied a bow and matted it onto green with a final mat onto white card base.

6. Finally, used the sequins I recently bought from the Pastel assortment at Craftin Desert Divas (yay!) and scattered them around!

And that's it! I hope you guys have a lovely Sunday!

Thank you for stopping by! Till next time!

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Challenge #5 @Peek-a-boo Designs!

Hello hello!

Good morning! ^__^

A brand new month and with that here's a brand new challenge over at Peek-a-boo Designs!

Read about the challenge and participate - Here 

As per the challenge theme, I made a set of cards.

One a mixed media style and the other... well I tried to make it a CAS but I'm not sure if I achieved that! Lol!
These are the stamps that I used :

1. Brush Strokes
2. Messy Lines
3. Dotty Lines
4. Chirping Away (Sentiment)

Out of these 4 stamps, I used Brush Strokes and Messy Lines in both the cards.

Very quickly, here are the steps :

Card #1 (LHS)

1. Masked top 3/4th of card and stamped messy line in Peacock Feathers & Mowed Lawn distress inks. (Yes I use distress inks to stamp when I want that messy look.)

2. Stamped brush strokes in Peacock Feathers distress ink.

3. Added washi tape bits.

4. Colored a die-cut using Salty Ocean & Picked Raspberry distress inks and adhered to project.

5. Finally, added clear sequins and stamped sentiment using black archival ink.

Card #2 (RHS)

1. Created background with brush strokes, messy lines and dotty lines with distress inks. (Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves & Mowed Lawn)

2. Hand-tore and adhered various washi tape bits.

3. Glitter coated die-cuts and adhered to project.

4. Added sequins along with some modeling paste + fine glitter to select areas.

5. Matted onto green cardstock and then on white and rounded corner.

6. To finish it off, added two brads, one black and one white.

And that's how they were made!

The complete range of Peek-a-boo Designs stamps can be found - Here

Might I add, they also carry an excellent quality and variety of cardstock at great prices!
  
Here are the pics of the stamps I used :

Ha ha... tempted much? ^__^ (P.S. they are absolutely AWESOME!!!!)

Okay, quick recap :

To know about our current Challenge #5 over at Peek-a-boo Designs and participate, click - Here

To Buy the awesome stamps, click - Here

Last but not the least, a quick close up!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have an awesome day!

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February & March 2016 projects @Papericious!

Let's have a look at the stuff I did for Papericious during the months of Feb and March! ^__^

FEBRUARY 2016

It was a planner fiesta over at Papericious with two gorgeous styles of planners being launched for both, the vintage lovers and those who loved all things colorful!

Check out the Retro Chic Planner - Here

Check out the Color Splash Planner - Here

I picked the colorful planner to work with, aptly called color splash and had a lot of fun decorating and jotting down the important things in it.

I did two posts helping out the new planner users w.r.t. :

      

1. Using stickers in planner.

To read, click - Here 

2. Using the blog page & notes page in planner.

To read, click - Here 

MARCH 2016

It was once again time for a new release over at Papericious and they launched two fantastic collections.

1. The Ephemera Paper Collection with co-ordinating die-cuts.

2. The naturals collection featuring beautiful backgrounds for project photography and to make beautiful projects.

Check out the New Release for March 2016 by Papericious - Here 

From the Ephemera Collection, this is the project I made.

To read, click - Here 

My next post for March featured two projects using the Naturals collection which were tutorials. Check them out :

To know about both the tutorials, click - Here 

And that was it for this month!

Papericious is going to be coming up with something super fun in April so, don't forget to check out the blog!

To go to Papericious Blog, click - Here 

Thank you for stopping by! ^__^ *Hugs*

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February & March 2016 Projects @Peekaboo!

Okay guys, this is going to be one picture and link heavy post so let's get started! :D

FEBRUARY 2016

We had a tic-tac-toe challenge over at Peek-a-boo Designs and the DT put up a fantastic array of inspiration using the February launch stamps.

You can check out the post - Here 

Every design team member at Peek-a-boo Designs also hosts the challenge inspiration on their personal blog and my post featuring this project can be located on my blog - Here 

I already have a photograph of that project up on my blog so I am not repeating it here because I would like to share with you the stuff that's not been posted on my blog.

Say it in Hindi

To read the article click - Here 

Tutorial

My final post for Feb was a plaid background tutorial with some cardmaking tips.

You can check that out - Here 

And that was a wrap for Feb 2016.

Let's have a quick look at the March projects!

MARCH 2016

This month's challenge was to make projects in a matching set and have 4 or more gorgeous colors from the rainbow included in the project.

You can read the original article - Here

You can view what I created using the fantastic March 2016 release at Peek-a-boo Designs - Here 

  

Damask Delights

For my second post I made a bunch of projects using the stunning Damask stamp set by Peek-a-boo Designs.

As you can see in the above images, I made a card, a decorative envelope and an ATC.

To read the article, click - Here
  

Tutorial

For my last post for March, I created a step-by-step picture tutorial on how to make this project that you can view - Here 

And that's a wrap for March!

April is almost here and with that comes a brand new challenge on the 1st! Don't forget to hop over at Peek-a-boo Designs blog and participate!

To check out Peek-a-boo Designs blog, click - Here

Thank you so much for stopping by! Till next time! 

  

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